Arlington School & Family Magazine April/May 2015 | Page 34
School District & Administration
Superintendent Appoints Two Assistant
Directors of Athletics
On Feb. 25, Superintendent Dr. Marcelo Cavazos announced
the selection of Bruce Chambers and Kim Peach as assistant
directors of athletics.
Chambers most recently served as an assistant football
coach and football recruiting coordinator at the University
of Texas at Austin since 1998. Prior to his time at Texas,
Chambers was at Carter High School in the Dallas ISD
from 1984 to 1997, the last two seasons as the head football
coach and athletic director. Chambers also coached for one
year at Dallas Bishop Dunne High School. While at Texas,
Chambers coached running back Ricky Williams during
his senior season as he won the Heisman Trophy. Chambers
also recruited and coached Vince Young, Cedric Benson and
Jamaal Charles. Chambers has a bachelor’s degree from the
University of North Texas.
Kim Peach has been an assistant principal at Gunn Junior
High since 2012. Prior to that, she was a teacher and assistant
cheerleading coach at Arlington High School from 2007 to
2012. She also volunteered as an athletics administrator in
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the AISD Athletics Department from 2010 to 2011. Peach
was a teacher and the head girls soccer coach at Mansfield
High School from 2002 to 2007. She also was a teacher and
the head girls soccer coach and assistant volleyball coach
at Arlington High School from 1996 to 2002. Peach has a
bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas and a
master’s degree from Concordia University.
Chambers will assist with boys sports, swimming, tennis,
ROTC and secondary physical education, while Peach will
assist with girls sports, gymnastics, step teams, cheerleading
and elementary physical education. †